Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed..

To our own sorrows serious heed we give, But for another?s we soon cease to grieve..

Envy bestrides praise..

It is God that accomplishes all term to hopes, God, who overtakes the flying eagle, outpasses the dolphin in the sea; who bends under his strength th….

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses..

A good deed hidden in silence dies..

Point thy tongue on the anvil of truth..

Water is the best of all things..

Rich man and poor move side by side toward the limit of death..

Unsung, the noblest deed will die..

One race there is of men, one of gods, but from one mother we both draw our breath..

Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest..

Even success softens not the heart of the envious..

He is gifted with genius who knoweth much by natural inspiration..

Whatever is beautiful is beautiful by necessity.

Success for the striven washes away the effort of striving..

Water is best, but gold shines like fire blazing in the night, supreme of lordly wealth..

Time is the turning over of days, works change for better or worse..

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen.

With our mortal minds we should seek from the gods that which becomes us..

I will be small in small things, great among great..